Democratic lawmakers marked the third anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act on 16 August by highlighting its impact on health-care costs, energy investment and job creation. They cited the law’s $35 monthly cap on insulin for Medicare beneficiaries, expanded authority to negotiate prescription-drug prices and premium subsidies that they say have saved households thousands of dollars. Members of Congress also pointed to the legislation’s clean-energy incentives. Representative Glenn Thompson said the measure has already triggered an estimated $208 million in renewable-energy spending in his Pennsylvania district, while colleagues from Texas and Maine credited the act with boosting both fossil-fuel and renewable production nationwide. The Democrats warned that a separate Republican-backed measure, which they referred to as the “Big Ugly Bill,” would roll back many of the law’s provisions and potentially drive up consumer energy bills. They pledged to defend the IRA’s incentives, framing them as central to lowering costs for working families and maintaining U.S. leadership in energy development.